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1.
Traffic Signals Presentation
(ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION)
(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(Presentation to Committee for their information.)
- David Shelsted, Director of Roads and Transportation Services
2.
Report dated April 30, 2012 from the General Manager of Infrastructure Services regarding Transit & Fleet Organizational/Operational Review.
(ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION)
(RECOMMENDATION PREPARED)
(IBI GROUP TRANSIT AND FLEET SERVICES ORGANIZATIONAL/OPERATIONAL REVIEW REPORT UNDER SEPARATE COVER)
(This report provides detailed findings and outcomes of the Transit & Fleet Organizational/Operational Review conducted by IBI Consultants.)
2.1
Full Report
(pdf)
2.2
Executive Summary (pdf)
2.3
Organizational Operational Review Report (pdf)
2.4
Presentation - Transit and Fleet Organization Operational Review (pdf)
- Roger Sauvé, Director of Transit & Fleet Services
- Chris Prentice, Senior Associate, IBI Group
(For the purpose of convenience and for expediting meetings, matters of business of repetitive or routine nature are included in the Consent Agenda, and all such matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively.
A particular matter of business may be singled out from the Consent Agenda for debate or for a separate vote upon the request of any Councillor. In the case of a separate vote, the excluded matter of business is severed from the Consent Agenda, and only the remaining matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively.
Each and every matter of business contained in the Consent Agenda is recorded separately in the minutes of the meeting.)
Report dated May 2, 2012 from the General Manager of Infrastructure Services regarding Winter Control Operations Update - March 2012.
(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report provides information on the updated projected financial results of the 2012 Winter Control Operations, up to and including March 2012.)
Report dated May 4, 2012 from the General Manager of Infrastructure Services regarding Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement for an Ontario Water / Wastewater Agency Response Network.
(RECOMMENDATION PREPARED)
(This report informs the Committee of Ontario’s new Water / Wastewater Agency Response Network (OnWARN) and seeks direction with regard to CGS participation.)
(The City's Traffic and Transportation Engineering Services Section was informed by the Compliance and Enforcement Services Section that "No Parking" signs posted on Brookside Road did not have a by-law to support them. This report recommends that the Traffic and Parking By-Law 2010-1 be amended to legalize the posted parking prohibitions.)
(While reviewing the number of on-street parking spaces that could be added to Beech Street, staff discovered that additional spaces could be provided on Frood Road and Durham Street. This report recommends the installation of additional parking meters on Frood Road and Durham Street.)
Request for Direct Transit Service to Canada Revenue Agency
As presented by Councillor Berthiaume:
WHEREAS, at its meeting of June 15th, 2011, Council received a Petition requesting increased bus services from Levack, Onaping, Dowling, Chelmsford & Azilda direct to the Canada Revenue Agency in Sudbury;
AND WHEREAS the Canada Revenue Agency employs a large number of residents from across the City of Greater Sudbury;
AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury Council’s goal is to increase transit ridership in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
AND WHEREAS direct, dedicated bus service to sites such as the Canada Revenue Agency should increase transit ridership and reduce the number of cars on the roads;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to investigate options for direct, dedicated transit service from Levack, Onaping, Dowling, Chelmsford & Azilda to the Canada Revenue Agency office situated at the corner of Lasalle Boulevard and Notre-Dame Avenue in Greater Sudbury, and to present those options to the Operations Committee at its meeting of September 10th, 2012.)
Request for Financial Assistance Program to Minimize Creek Bank Erosion to Private Properties
As presented by Councillor Dutrisac:
WHEREAS private properties along certain bodies of water are experiencing distress caused by the natural flow and related creek bank erosion;
AND WHEREAS, due to Provincial government funding reductions, the Nickel District Conservation Authority no longer offers a grant program to assist private property owners to stabilize the banks of natural water bodies along their properties to minimize erosion and loss of property and related infrastructure;
AND WHEREAS private property owners face tremendous and often unaffordable financial burdens in an effort to stabilize the banks of natural water bodies along their properties to minimize erosion and loss of property and related infrastructure;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to investigate options to financially assist private property owners with their efforts to stabilize the banks of natural water bodies along their properties, to minimize erosion and loss of property and related infrastructure, and to present those options to the Operations Committee at its September 10th, 2012 meeting.